Does it provide actionable templates?

Yes, it includes a comprehensive Status Quo Bias Analysis Template to assess habit strength, resistance points, transition design, and success metrics for any new feature or change.

How does this skill help with product migrations?

It provides specific frameworks to reduce user anxiety through gradual transitions, parallel running, and techniques that frame the change as a way to avoid current losses rather than just gaining new features.

Can I use this for designing default settings?

Yes, the skill offers guidance on 'Smart Defaults,' explaining how to set beneficial defaults that users are statistically likely to keep, while ensuring they remain ethical and user-centric.

What is the EASE framework included in this skill?

EASE stands for Eliminate uncertainty, Amplify current pain, Simplify the switch, and Enable easy reversal. It is a four-part strategy to systematically dismantle resistance to new software changes.

How does it address the 'Cognitive Cost of Change'?

It helps designers identify high-effort areas—like learning a new interface or breaking old habits—and provides strategies to reduce that cognitive load through familiar UI patterns and quick wins.

Status Quo Bias & Change Design

Name: Status Quo Bias & Change Design
Author: flpbalada

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デザインツール

Analyzes user resistance to change and provides psychological frameworks to improve product adoption and migration success.

概要

The Status Quo Bias skill is a specialized tool within the Thinking Toolkit designed to help developers and product designers navigate the psychological tendency for users to prefer current states over improvements. By leveraging behavioral economics principles like loss aversion and cognitive effort reduction, this skill provides actionable strategies for planning migrations, introducing new features, and optimizing default settings. It features the EASE framework (Eliminate, Amplify, Simplify, Enable) and provides structured templates to transform user resistance into successful adoption through evidence-based design patterns.

主な機能

Loss framing techniques to reposition product value propositions
EASE framework for systematic change management and resistance mitigation
Gradual transition and parallel running strategies for complex migrations
Structured Analysis Templates for evaluating user habit strength and risk
Design strategies for smart defaults that optimize for user benefit
9 GitHub stars

ユースケース

Designing onboarding experiences that overcome established competitor habits
Planning a major platform migration or UI overhaul while minimizing user churn
Optimizing application defaults to improve security, privacy, and user outcomes

概要

主な機能

Loss framing techniques to reposition product value propositions
EASE framework for systematic change management and resistance mitigation
Gradual transition and parallel running strategies for complex migrations
Structured Analysis Templates for evaluating user habit strength and risk
Design strategies for smart defaults that optimize for user benefit
9 GitHub stars

ユースケース

Designing onboarding experiences that overcome established competitor habits
Planning a major platform migration or UI overhaul while minimizing user churn
Optimizing application defaults to improve security, privacy, and user outcomes